Trigeminal neuralgia

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Published online: 30 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41572-024-00523-z
In this Primer, Ashina et al. discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and quality of life of patients with trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic neuropathic facial pain disorder involving one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve that causes intense paroxysms of electric shock-like pain.